John 1:11 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-12

Receiving Christ, and the result of it. I. CHRIST IGNORED . "The world knew him not." This statement is humiliating to the world, not to Christ. The world makes a great parade of its insight and its power to give deciding verdicts; but here is its very Maker in its midst, yet it knows him not. Here surely is the crowning sin of the world, that it knows not him who is the Fountain of all its boasted powers. Were the world what it ought to be, it would welcome its Maker, rejoicing in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-13

Christ rejected and accepted. It is related by an ancient historian that an Eastern tribe were so afflicted by the blazing and intolerable heat of the sun, that they were accustomed, when the great luminary arose in the morning, to assail him with their united and vehement curses. It is hard to believe that, the benefits of sunlight being so obvious as they are, any should be found other than glad and grateful for the shining of the orb of day. "The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:11

It is not without interest that the ideas contained in these verses did not need a second century to evolve them; they were current in Paul's letters, a hundred years before the date assigned by some to this Gospel. Here the question arises—Has no more direct approach been made to our race than that which is common to every man? Undoubtedly the whole theocratic dispensation would be ignored if this were not the case—and consequently the evangelist continues the recital of the peculiarities... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:11-12

The rejected and received Saviour. These words bring under our notice a most interesting subject—the great subject of the first fifteen verses of this chapter, viz. the coming of the Son of God, the manifestation of the Eternal Word in the flesh. We have here one of the peculiar aspects of his coming in order to carry out the great scheme of human redemption. We have Jesus here— I. AS COME TO HIS OWN . 1 . This is a special coming. He was in the world before and after... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:11

He came unto his own - His own “land” or “country.” It was called his land because it was the place of his birth, and also because it was the chosen land where God delighted to dwell and to manifest his favor. See Isaiah 5:1-7. Over that land the laws of God had been extended, and that land had been regarded as especially his, Psalms 147:19-20.His own - His own “people.” There is a distinction here in the original words which is not preserved in the translation. It may be thus expressed: “He... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 1:10-11

John 1:10-11. He was in the world From the beginning, frequently appearing, and making known to his servants, the patriarchs and prophets, the divine will, in dreams and visions, and various other ways: and the world was made by him As has just been shown; and the world, nevertheless, knew him not Knew not its Maker and Preserver. He came As the true, the often-predicted, and long-expected Messiah; unto his own Εις τα ιδια , to his own things, namely, his own land; termed, ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 1:1-18

JESUS BEGINS HIS MINISTRY14. The eternal Word (John 1:1-18)To Israelites of Old Testament times, God’s word was more than something merely written down or spoken out. It was something active, so that when God expressed his will, that will was carried out. God spoke, and it was done (Genesis 1:3; Psalms 33:9; Isaiah 55:10-11). By his active word, God created the universe (Genesis 1:6,Genesis 1:9,Genesis 1:14; Psalms 33:6). God’s word had such life and power that people thought of it almost as if... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 1:11

He came. Denoting the definite historical fact. unto. Greek. eis. App-104 . His own. Neut. plural: i.e. His own things, or posses sions. Supply ktemata (possessions), as in Matthew 19:22 . Compare Matthew 21:33-41 . What these "possessions" were must be supplied from Matthew 1:1 , viz, the land of Abraham, and the throne of David. His own. Masculine plural: i.e. His own People (Israel). received = received (to themselves). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:11

He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.Here is the same dramatic repetition of "his own," similar to the repetition of "the world" in the previous verse. The better part of a century had passed since Jesus came, when John wrote these words; and yet, in these words, the apostle seems still to be struck with the marvel that the Lord's own people, the chosen people, who should have been the first to know and hail his coming, that even THOSE PEOPLE did not welcome him.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:11

John 1:11. He came unto his own,— "He came to the Jewish nation, who were under the most distinguished obligations to him, and to whom he had been expressly promised as their Messiah: yet his own people did not receive him, as they ought, but, on the contrary, treated him in the most contemptuous and ungrateful manner." Thus we have endeavoured to express the difference between the phrase εις τα ιδια, and the other οι ιδιοι, in the original, which is so difficult, that few versions have... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:11-12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 1:10-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 1:1-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 1:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:11

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